Click here for web versionHeader graphic showing de different SDG symbols, the title of the conference: SDG Conference Bergen 2023 with #SDGbergen23We invite you to theSDG Conference Bergen 2023:
A just transformation to a sustainable future
8–10 February 2023In order to succeed with a sustainable transformation of our societies we must face the grand challenges of our time. How can we ensure that this transformation is just and leaves no one behind?The 6th annual SDG Conference Bergen will tackle such fundamental challenges to the 2030 Agenda, looking at how to reduce the pressure on planetary boundaries while ensuring human rights, peace and security, sustenance, health and education, and other social prerequisites for a good life. The conference will include speakers from around the world with representation from academia, government, civil society, industry, and more. Norway’s Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre will open the conference.Keynotes include:
Dan Kammen, University of California, Berkley, and former Environmental Envoy for the U.S. State DepartmentMahmood Mamdani, Professor of Government at Columbia University and former Executive Director of Makerere Institute of Social ResearchKatja Hujo, Development economist and social policy expert at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development Conference participation is digital and free of charge! Programme /  Registration#SDGbergen23  Graphic showing logos of Universioty of Bergen, University of Oslo, Norwegian University of Science and Techncnology, The Artic University of Norway, Norwegian University of Life Science, Universities Norway, and The National Union of Students in Norway

Denna typ av invitationer är numera vardagsmat för forskare på svenska universitet. Det rör sig om kallelser till hållbarhetsmöten. I Bergen avses såedes en välsignad väg att stakas ut, men vart? Jo det som ska åstadkommas beskrivs så flummigt att egentligen allt kan hända. Vad sägs om: A just transformation to a sustainable future…in order to succeed with a sustainable transformation of our societies we must face the grand challenges of our time. How can we ensure that this transformation is just and leaves no one behind?

I min ungdom drog predikanten Målle Lindberg land och rike runt för att frälsa människor. Nu sysslar stater och vetenskapliga organisationer med liknande väckelse. Man talar i tungor, liksom Målle gjorde i Jönköping i början av 1960-talet. Salamander absurdum ropade han! Hållbarhet för hållbarhet ropas det från Bergen.

Torsten Sandström

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